Hilton Hotels & Resorts News

With an enviable location on the edge of the Dalaman River and Mediterranean Sea, Hilton Dalaman Sarigerme Resort & Spa is only 15 kilometres from Dalaman International Airport. The UK remains a key market for the property, with general manager Ali Tunç Batum recently leading a delegation from the resort to London to promote the property. Breaking Travel News finds out more.

Hilton hotels has announced the appointment of Guy Hilton as general manager of the 298 bedroom hotel in London’s vibrant West End, The Waldorf Hilton London. Hilton’s role will be to lead his team to deliver exceptional service to guests and visitors. He has been working with Hilton Worldwide for 13 years, having worked in Leeds, Edinburgh, Newcastle and Brighton before his move to The Waldorf.

Hilton London Hyde Park fully completes its £5.4 million refurbishment this month, with work including a full revamp of meeting space, common areas and guest rooms coming to an end. The number of rooms offered by the hotel has increased and there has been extensive restaurant expansion.

This month sees the launch of London’s most anticipated design suite at Hilton London Bankside. Created in partnership with London-based architect and interior designer Dexter Moren Associates and interior design practice twenty2degrees, the cutting-edge Penthouse Suite is a stylish finishing touch to the hotel which opened in October last year.

Transcorp Hilton Abuja has been honoured with five awards by the voters of the 23rd World Travel Awards for the second year in a row. The hotel, which is owned by Transcript Hotels, the hospitality subsidiary of Transnational Corporation of Nigeria, emerged winner of the prestigious World Travel Awards for Africa’s Leading Business Hotel, Nigeria’s Leading Business Hotel, Nigeria’s Leading Hotel, Nigeria’s Leading MICE Hotel and Nigeria’s Leading Hotel Suite (the Presidential Suite) at the Africa & Indian Ocean Gala Ceremony.

Hilton Hotels & Resorts today opens the new Hilton Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, the latest vision for modern air travel accommodation. The state-of-the-art 433-room hotel replaces the previous Hilton Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, which opened in 1972. The landmark property was developed and is owned by Schiphol Real Estate.

Hilton Worldwide has announced the signing of a management agreement with the Swaziland Public Service Pensions Fund to open a Hilton Garden Inn hotel in Mbabane, Swaziland. The new build 130 guest room hotel will be located in the centre of Mbabane, the administrative capital and largest city in Swaziland. Located on Mhlambanyatsi Road, the main arterial route serving the city centre, the hotel will be situated in the CBD and ideally positioned for local and international travellers.

Increased confidence in Egypt’s tourism sector is seeing a growth in visitor numbers and a broadening of source markets explains Mehdi Othmani, general manager, Hilton Hurghada Plaza. Talking to Phil Blizzard he provides an overview of what his resort offers to visitors to the Red Sea, including their all-inclusive offering and also talks about their world record for a sustainability project involving more than 600 divers.

Hilton Hurghada Plaza has been recognised as Africa’s Leading All Inclusive Resort by voters at the World Travel Awards. The Egyptian property walked away with the trophy at the recent World Travel Awards Africa & Indian Ocean Gala Ceremony, hosted by Kempinski Seychelles Resort.